Haozhuang in context: Street-network sprawl trends
Haozhuang in context
The chart above shows SNDi trends for new street additions (left panel) and the entire network (right panel), with Haozhuang plotted against Hebei and China. The SNDi of new construction in Haozhuang rose steadily, compared to Hebei which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase and China which followed a zig-zag trend with an overall increase. Most recently, Haozhuang's incremental SNDi rose from 2.56 to 3.73 between 1991-2005 and 2006-2020. In terms of the aggregate network, Haozhuang ranked 13th out of 120 cities in Hebei and 329th out of 1843 in China as of 2020.
New Street Additions (2006–2020)
- SNDi value
- 3.73
- Rank in China
- 1273rd of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 74th of 120
Entire Network (Aggregate)
- SNDi value
- 2.17
- Rank in China
- 329th of 1843
- Rank in Hebei
- 13th of 120
Rankings go from most connected to most disconnected — rank 1 is the most connected.
What about similarly populated cities?
In new street additions, Haozhuang built increasingly disconnected streets over time, while Bebedjia built increasingly disconnected streets from 1975 through 1991-2005, then improved and Kothapeta built increasingly connected streets from 1975 through 1976-1990, then shifted to more disconnected patterns. For the full network, Haozhuang and Bebedjia both became progressively more disconnected, while Kothapeta became more connected from 1975 through 1976-1990, then grew more sprawly from 1976-1990 onwards. Haozhuang and Bebedjia have been growing further apart in their street-network character since 1975.